Cotton, Cricket and Football – Billy Cook – the Life of a Lancashire League Legend

The colourful story of Billy Cook, one of the red rose county's greatest sportsmen of the pre-Great War era. Although best known for his cricketing career as a record-breaking bowler in the Lancashire League, in the winter, he was a hard-tackling full-back for Oldham Athletic, who achieved national notoriety for his must win-at-all-costs approach to the game which led to an unprecedented one year ban from football! Published in 2023.

Size: 158mm x 241mm – 271 pages.